"Open Pick"This one starts out not unlike “2+2=5” — with a rhythmically and harmonically interesting minor-key guitar figure — before the rest of the band comes in with pretty straightforward, upbeat backing. The song sounds a bit underdeveloped: the only real dynamic shift happens about halfway through when Thom Yorke kicks the vocals up an octave.

"Bodysnatchers"
Another upbeat, guitar-driven tune, “Bodysnatchers” is one of the best and most complete of the new lot. Yorke sings something about being trapped in a body and not being able to get out, which nicely complements the twitchy, itchy mood of the music. In March, guitarist Jonny Greenwood posted on the Radiohead.com message board that they had just about finished “Bodysnatchers,” so it’s probably a safe bet that this one will show up on “LP7.”

"Arpeggi"
This song’s been kicking around in various incarnations since March of last year, when Yorke and Greenwood played it with the Nazareth Orchestra at London’s Ether Festival. On the European tour versions, guitars have taken over the song’s arpeggio foundation, which Greenwood had played on the early electronic instrument the Ondes Martenot, and Selway’s drum beat adds a dancy element to the song’s ethereal vibe.

"House of Cards"With its ska beat and pleasant vocal melody set to lyrics about collapsing infrastructure and denial, this is what I imagine it would sound like if Toots and the Maytals were to cover OK Computer — oh, wait, right . . .

"Go Slowly"This aptly titled piano-based plodder is a bit overdramatic, in a “Climbing Up the Walls” sort of way. It’s all falsetto histrionics and minor-key doom and gloom but without any of the formal inspiration of, say, “Sail to the Moon.” Hopefully they’ll tart it up in the studio.

"15 Step"
Definitely one of the best of the bunch, “15 Step” is the only song the band played at all nine European shows. Based on a nifty electronic beat and a sort of deranged “Louie Louie” chord progression, the song is the most reminiscent of Kid A/Amnesiac from the new stuff.

"Spooks"
This minute-long instrumental sounds unlike anything the band has written before. A straight-up take on Dick Dale surf rock — truly bizarre. Maybe it’s the band’s way of responding to the criticism that they take themselves too seriously.

"Nude"
Formerly titled “Big Ideas,” this dates back to the OK Computer days. But in February on Dead Air Space, Yorke posted this comment: “right now we are working on nude, it sounds beautiful, as far as i can tell.” So it’s definitely in contention for a spot on the album. With its slow 6/8 shuffle and clean guitar chime, it’s reminiscent of the verses in “Subterranean Homesick Alien,” and probably the most gently pretty song of the lot.

"4 Minute Warning"Another slow, quiet tune that wouldn’t sound out of place on OK Computer, this one’s a major-key piano and acoustic guitar affair, with Selway smacking a tambourine on the downbeats until about the halfway mark, when he kicks in with a solid tom-tom stomp. At one of the Copenhagen shows, the band didn’t quite seem to have it down yet, with Yorke declaring it “sketchy” at the end. But by the end of the European trek two weeks later, it had tightened up quite nicely.

Fans cheer; earth weeps It’s a bummer that the four-plus hours I spent in my car feeling guilty about barfing loads of carbon into the air is most salient in my mind, because, as always, Radiohead delivered an awe-inspiring show.

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''Nude'' remix Last month, Radiohead thrilled the big black glasses off thousands of hundreds when they posted stems for the public to download, remix, and upload to the band’s Web site to compete for listeners’ votes.

WORLDS COLLIDE | February 03, 2009 A week ago Wednesday and Thursday, a curious collection of young scruffy indie kids and older scruffy MIT eggheads converged on the school's Broad Institute for two nights of free music, art, and lecture dubbed "Darkness Visible."

GONE, BABY, GONE | January 09, 2009 Boston bids farewell to one of its brightest spots — the row of six diverse and delectable restaurants on Peterborough Street that were consumed by a four-alarm fire early Tuesday morning.

A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMA | January 09, 2009 "There's not enough hype in the world for Glasvegas," old reliable hypemonger NME recently proclaimed. But that doesn't mean the magazine and the rest of the British music press aren't trying.

FANS CHEER; EARTH WEEPS | August 19, 2008 It’s a bummer that the four-plus hours I spent in my car feeling guilty about barfing loads of carbon into the air is most salient in my mind, because, as always, Radiohead delivered an awe-inspiring show.

LAUGH AT THE END OF THE WORLD | August 19, 2008 The two guys who make up Clawjob have an unnerving tendency to describe something as funny when it’s anything but.